I don't know if anyone is into their retro gaming here on the eevblog forums but I am seeing a lot of cheap, crappy original Gameboy clones on eBay and aliexpress and all of them are underpowered and rubbish. People try putting a raspi zero into the Gameboy dmg-01 cases which works better but we now have the raspberry Pi 3B+ on a single "compute module" which would be perfect for sticking inside the dmg-01 Gameboy (picture attached) and designing a replacement PCB for the Gameboy which would sit where the original PCB goes but also houses the pi board and has attachment to a modern LCD. This could be a slick solution for other people designing portable Gameboy pi machines and could easily be stuck on Kickstarter or similar to get into production but I am, despite watching nearly every eevblog video no good at PCB design so I thought to come over to the eevblog and see if we cant assemble some people together and maybe get this project off the ground. I am not looking to get rich off of it just want to get a decent product designed so if anyone has any free time and is good at PCB design get in touch! Using the compute module would mean the thing could easily be upgraded to the compute module 4 when it is released just like upgrading a stick of ram but would require very good skills to get the PCB designed. Don't even *have* to use the dmg-01 case but it is iconic and cheaply available even in lots of different colours and could quite easy be a drop in replacement PCB.
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